Grammatici Latini II, p. 12: Priscian, book 1 (De uoce, de littera)

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interest: .i. inter f. ⁊ alias mutas .i. fogur tantum noda·deligedar fri muta ⁊ is mút-si ara chuit-sidi[‘i.e. between f and other mutes i.e. the sound only distinguishes it from mutes, and it is a mute so far as that goes’][analysis]

facit: (m.d.) .i. bad liter sain .g ⁊ bíth charactar n-aill di amal sodain .i. in tan .m.bís nihelas do .u. fri .g.[‘i.e. in that case let g be a different letter and have another character, to wit, when there is nullity in u beside g’][analysis]

y (et z): .i. ar ní biat i n-anmanaib laitindib ⁊ ní·erchuiretar lín liter laitinde iarum[‘i.e. for they are not in Latin nouns (words), and so they do not increase (?) the number of Latin letters’][analysis]